US holiday sales in 2017 increased 5.5 percent to 2 billion, as rising wages, employment and confidence put consumers in a spending mood, the National Retail Federation said. That number includes 8.4 billion in online and other non-store sales, up 11.5 percent.
Uber doubled down on its Washington, D.C. based grocery delivery service, expanding the number of products available to shoppers in the nation’s capital just in time for the holidays. It’s a move that puts the transportation startup on a collision course with Amazon Fresh and other players in the grocery delivery market.
URUMQI - The mining site of Koktokay has become a new attraction that tourists should not miss when visiting the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
US consumers could face higher prescription drug prices if tariffs proposed by the Trump administration go into effect on dozens of key ingredients made in China and used by pharmaceutical companies.
US President Donald Trump had first called for the new taxes – 25 percent tax on steel and 10 percent on aluminum – three months ago and their delayed implementation was widely expected, despite last-ditch negotiations held this week in France.
US President Donald Trump gives out pens he used to sign presidential proclamations placing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to workers from the steel and aluminum industries at the White House in Washington, US, March 8, 2018. [Photo/Agencies]
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US trade policy has been generally in favor of protectionism for the past three-and-a-half years, beginning with the imposing of safeguards to protect US industries, including solar panels and washing machines, said Haveman.
US President Donald Trump arrived in Singapore on Sunday amid great optimism about Tuesday's summit with Democratic People's Republic of Korea top leader Kim Jong-un on improving ties and ultimately achieving the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
US COVID-19 deaths hit 100,000 on May 27, and topped 200,000 on Sept. 22. It took nearly four months for the national death toll to climb from 100,000 to 200,000 and less than three months to jump from 200,000 to 300,000.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will also meet at the Presidential Palace on Monday.